Human fasciolosis acquired in an Australian urban setting

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 244-245

  Hughes, Andrew J ^b   Spithill, Terry W ^a   Smith, Rebecca E ^c   Boutlis, Craig S ^b   Johnson, Paul D R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; TREMATODE; URBAN AREA; WATERCRESS;

EID: 0345269145     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05174.x     Document Type: Letter

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